Courtwood GAA Club Charity Match

Courtwood GAA club will raise funds for The Children's Hospital, Crumlin with their annual charity game on St Stephens Day The clubs under 30s will face the over 30s with players from neighbouring clubs also taking part It was a draw last year, this year's game gets underway from 11.30 onwar...

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Club Focus on Midlands 103

This Spring we've a new feature on Midlands 103's Sunday sports show 'The Inside Line' where we'll shine the spotlight on GAA clubs across Laois, Offaly and Westmeath The series will begin on January 7th and we'd like to hear from you. If you'd like your club to be featured email sport@midlandsradio.fm or contact us on Facebook 'Midlands Sport' or on twitter @midlandsspor...

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Roscrea Sports Awards

The Roscrea Community Tourism and Leisure Sports Awards winners have been announced Kilcormac Killoughey receive the club of the year to mark their first ever Offaly and Leinster club hurling titles Portlaoise’s Mary Mulhare wins the athletics award, she recently represented Ireland at the European Cross Country alongside her brother Michael who is a previous winner at the awards Offaly All-Star Sheila Sullivan is the camogie winner, the soccer prize goes to Ireland underage international Val Feeney Last season Feeney became the youngest player...

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Brunchtime headlines

GAELIC GAMES Seamus Cheddar Plunkett goes before the Laois County Committee this evening for ratification as the next senior hurling manager Plunkett, who managed the O'Moores minors last year, is expected to have Paul Cuddy as part of his backroom team Plunkett and Cuddy had originally aiding the search for the next manager Tony Doran and Pat Critchley will be recommended for ratification as Under 21 and Minor Hurling managers respectively Former Kerry football manager Mick O'Dwyer's...

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Combined Counties Football League Results Week 19

Wednesday December 12th Umbro FAI Junior Cup 4th Round Willow Park 0 (2); St Peters 0 (4) pens aet Saturday December 15th O’Neill’s LFA Youths Cup 3rd Round Ballinahown 1; Wexford Youths 2 Under 18 Division Abbeyleix Ath 1; Edenderry Town 3 Senior Division Mullingar Ath 4; Mountmellick Utd 1 Sunday December 16th John Farrell Combined Counties Cup 2nd Round Noreside Celtic 3; Clonmore Utd 1 Emo Celtic 1; Clara Town B 2 St.Peters 5; Clara Town 3 Combined Counties Shield 1st Round Senior Division Premier...

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Camross and Castletown SB to host Charity Match

Camross and Castletown-Slieve Bloom GAA clubs have come together to help raise funds for Laois Hospice and St James Hospital in Dublin. The two great rivals have been in discussion over the last couple of weeks to decide the best way to pool their reserves in an effort to raise badly needed finance and both agree that in these difficult times and at a time when demand for money is at its greatest they had to come up with something that would give something back to the supporters of the fund raiser. They have...

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‘The Beautiful Game: A Football Blog’

By Dave McArdle CCFL Last weekend I had the pleasure of attending CK United against Pearse Celtic in the Umbro FAI Junior Cup fifth round. CK have been in fantastic form this season and they currently lead the Premier Division by three points with two games in hand on their nearest rivals. CK are a well drilled outfit and their winning mentality is highlighted by the fact that they have lost only one league game this season. Pearse Celtic had made the long trip from Cork...

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Schools GAA results

Athlone Community College have won the North Leinster Schools Post Primary Senior Football League title Athlone overcame St Mels, Longford by 2-13 to 0-11 in today's final at Kiltoom Gallen Community School, Ferbane set up a meeting with Cnoc Mhuire, Granard in the Leinster Vocational Schools Junior Football decider Gallen won 1-18 to 1-10 against Carnew While Colaiste Choilm Tullamore exited the North Leinster Post Primary Schools Senior Football B League at the semi final stage, losing out to Kilcock by four points this afterno...

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Leinster Rugby Team News

Leinster have made two changes to their front row for tomorrow's crunch Heineken Cup game with Clermont South African prop Heinke van der Merwe and now Irish hooker Richardt Strauss come into the team with flanker Shane Jennings, who came on last week, is handed a start on the openside Eoin Reddan starts at scrum half while Jennings inclusion sees Sean O'Brien move to 6 Leinster V Clermont 15: Ian Madigan 14: Fergus McFadden 13: Gordon D'Arcy 12: Andrew Goodman 11: Isa Nacewa 10: Jonathan...

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Defeat for Christy Joyce in Russia

There was disappointment for Mullingar youngster Christy Joyce this morning as the referee brought an end to his European Under 23 quarter final in the second round The St Michaels Athy clubman took a heavy hit while on the ropes in the second round against Ukraine's Gevory Manukyn A win for Christy would have secoured a bronze med...

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Friday morning headlines

RUGBY UNION Connacht aim to pull off a shock in the Basque country tonight as they travel to play Biarritz in the Heineken Cup at 8 O'Clock Eric Elwood's side travel with confidence following last weekend's win over the French giants at the Sportsground Biarritz welcome back their captain Imanol Harinodoquy Harlequins currently lead Pool 3 by six points and will be expected to get a bonus point win over Zebre this weekend Following last weekend's narrow defeat away to Clermont,...

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Rugby team news

Connacht head coach Eric Elwood has made one change ahead of tomorrow evening's Heineken Cup clash with Biarritz Johnny O’Connor comes into the back row to replace Willie Faloon Robbie Henshaw starts at full back, Mick Kearney is in the second row beside Mike McCarthy while Danny Qualter on the bench Tullamore's Emer McManamly is on the Leinster bench for the Women's Interpro decider with Munster at Ashbourne on Saturday afternoon Walsh Island's Niamh Kavanagh starts on the wing for Muns...

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Thursday morning headlines

RUGBY UNION Connacht Chief Exec Tom Sears says the transfer of Mike McCarthy to Leinster will not benefit Irish rugby in the longer term. The province are unhappy at what they call the 'persistent targeting' of their players by Leinster. Sears says he can't see how the movement of the best players away from Connacht will help our national team In better news for Connacht, Athlone's Robbie Henshaw is set to sign a contract until the summer of 2015 The 19 year old has enjoyed a remarkable...

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Schools wins for Heywood and AC Clara

Heywood Community School are into the final of the Leinster Post Primary Schools B Hurling The Laois school overcame Grennan College by 0-12 to 2-5 this afternoon While Ardscoil Chiarain Clara secured the North Leinster Post Primary schools Juvenile D Football crown with a 4-11 to 2-5 win over Mullingar Community Colle...

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Schools titles for Marist and Roscrea

Midlands schools have won Senior Schools rugby league titles either side of the Shannon this afternoon The Marist College Athlone successfully defended their Connacht League crown with a 13-0 win over Sligo Grammar at Ballyhaunis While Cistercian College Roscrea came back from 14-10 down to see off Gonzaga 18-14 at Donnybrook in the Leinster Fin...

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Sigerson and Fitzgibbon Cup draws

The draws have taken place for this year's third level Sigerson and Fitzgibbon Cups  Athlone IT is set to host finals weekend in the Sigerson and they've drawn at home to fellow Midlands College IT Carlow in the opening round  DCU open the defence of their title away to UL with the winners hosting Queens in the quarters, the winners of the Athlone versus Carlow will meet either Cork IT or GMIT in the last eight  Today's draw also threw up a Colours match between Trinity...

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